There is a ongoing, sustained pattern of behavior wherein the Independence, Missouri Police Department uses either excessive force and/or shoots and kills the citizens they engage with. There is also a complete lack of training regarding the mentally ill and how to handle such encounters.

This petition is to request the Department of Justice do the following:

Perform an investigation on the Independence, Missouri Police Department on its officer involved shootings

To require that all officers attend ongoing training and situational drills in dealing with the mentally ill

Provide full-disclosure on the officer involved shootings investigations to the families impacted as well as the community

Fire the Police Chief who has allowed, if not promoted, this behavior

Fee free to Google police related shootings and tasing deaths at the hands of the Independence, Missouri Police Department. You will be shocked!